The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is a national standard body in India. The Bureau grants a license based on audit of manufacture, production process, quality control, and the completeness of the submitted documents. Since 2018, 63 chemicals have been added to the BIS list and this list is regularly being updated. BIS certification is required by every manufacturer (Indian or foreign) who is manufacturing products under the Compulsory Certification.  

Key points to be covered:  

• What is BIS? Who is affected by the BIS compulsory schemes?  

• Chemicals that are regulated under BIS  

• Compliance procedure (flowcharts) for both domestic and foreign manufacturers and document preparation  

• Requirement of factory inspection  

• Timeline, certificate and fee structure  

• Case Study of BIS application  

• Recent updates on chemicals added to BIS